EMPOWERING CONNECTED SUSTAINABLE TRADE
By responding to this questionnaire, you will:
Contribute to policy coherence by providing information on how you are integrating trade issues into
your  development strategies, policies or plans, and highlighting your Aid-for-Trade priorities,
particularly in the context of the economic and trade recovery from the COVID‑19 pandemic;
Shed light on the transition towards sustainable development, the trade dimension to that process,
what role digital connectivity can play, and how Aid for Trade can support environmentally
sustainable (i.e., green) growth; andHighlight on how Aid for Trade is contributing to women's economic empowerment.
Responses to this questionnaire will be published at the http://www.aid4trade.org website and will be
analysed in the next edition of the joint OECD-WTO Aid for Trade at a Glance report. The report will be
discussed at the 2022 Global Review of Aid for Trade. The theme of the Review is "Empowering
Connected Sustainable Trade". 
For any question or comment, you may write to us at aft.monitoring@wto.org More information on Aid for Trade and the monitoring and evaluation exercise is available at
www.wto.org/aidfortrade
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INTRODUCTION
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- 3 - OVERVIEW 
The Regional Economic Community and Transport Corridor Questionnaire is separated into three main
sections that discuss:
1. Changes to your Aid‑for‑Trade priorities since 2019;
2. Regional policy(ies) for sustainable development; and
3. Regional policy(ies) for women's economic empowerment.
The questions are phrased to allow comparisons with your answers to previous monitoring exercises. If
you do not have a record of previous answers, you can access them online at http//www.aid4trade.org  
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- 4 -Guidance notes
Questions in this survey will ask you to consult regional policy documents, including regional development
strategies and sectoral development strategies, policies or plans.
We request that answers reflect a "whole of government/organization" view. We encourage you to share
the questionnaire with colleagues in other line ministries to arrive at a single coordinated view.
If you wish to view the full questionnaire as a PDF file that can also be shared by email, please follow this
link: http://www.wto.org/aftmonitoring
We encourage you to complete answers by using the additional information boxes, but these are optional.
All responses received will be made publicly available.
Responses will be analysed by the OECD and WTO in the publication series: "Aid for Trade at a Glance".
Please submit the completed questionnaire before the deadline of 31 DECEMBER 2021
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- 5 -How to fill in this questionnaire
This questionnaire should be filled out  electronically while connected to the Internet. Please note that
once started, the questionnaire should be completed on the same device.
It may not be possible to finish the questionnaire in one attempt. The questionnaire reply are automatically
saved and can be completed in multiple sessions.  Important to note is that you must reopen the
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ABOUT YOU
*1. Respondent (Country Location of Regional Economic Community or Transport Corridor)
Name
Position
Organization
Email Address* 2. About you
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- 7 -The objective of the first section is to assess if, and why, your Aid-for-Trade priorities have changed
since 2019, particularly in the context of economic and trade recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
context.  It examines the reasons why you may have changed your strategy or priorities, and how those
changes were integrated (i.e., mainstreamed) in your regional development strategy, policy or plan and
included in your dialogue with development partners. 
The WTO Task Force on Aid for Trade states that Aid for Trade is about assisting developing countries to
increase exports of goods and services, to integrate into the multilateral trading system, and to benefit from
liberalized trade and increased market access. Projects and programmes are considered as Aid for Trade if
these activities have been identified as trade related development priorities in the recipient country's
national development strategies. 
The Task Force agreed the following benchmarks for global monitoring of Aid for Trade: 
(a) Trade policy and regulations, including: training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions
and their impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs,
dispute issues, institutional and technical support to facilitate implementation of trade agreements and to
adapt to and comply with rules and standards.
(b) Trade development, including: investment promotion, analysis and institutional support for trade in
services, business support services and institutions, public private sector networking, e‑commerce, trade
finance, trade promotion, market analysis, and development.
(c) Trade related infrastructure: transport and storage, energy, and telecommunications.
(d) Building productive capacity for goods and services.
(e) Trade related adjustment, including supporting developing countries to put in place accompanying
measures that assist them to benefit from liberalized trade.
(f) Other trade related needs.
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* 3. Does your regional or transport corridor development strategy, policy or plan include trade
priorities ? (i.e. Aid‑for‑Trade priorities)
Yes
No
Unsure
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1 2 3 4 5
Adjustment costs
Building productive capacity
Connecting to value chains
E-commerce
Environmentally sustainable (or green) growth, including circular
economy
Export diversification
Impacts of COVID-19
Industrialization
International competitiveness
MSMEs growth and development
Network and/or transport infrastructure of a cross border nature
Network infrastructure (power, water, telecommunications)
Regional integration
Services development
Trade facilitation
Trade policy analysis, negotiations and implementation
Transport infrastructure (airport, roads, rail, port)4. If yes, please indicate what these Aid-for-Trade priorities are:
Below are listed the most common priority areas grouped according to broad Aid-for-Trade
categories. Please rank the top 5 priority areas among the ones listed below.
(1 being the most important) 
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- 10 -Women's economic empowerment (please specify in the box below:
rural women, women-owned businesses, women-led businesses,
female workers, etc.)
WTO accession
Youth economic empowerment 
Other priority areas including: MSMEs, Women's economic
empowerment, Youth, etc. (please specify)1 2 3 4 5
Additional information and weblink(s) to the relevant strategy(ies), polic(ies) or plan(s) in which your Aid- for-Trade
priorities are included.
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Additional information: please specify which of the priorities you selected are new and provide  further information.
(Please provide weblinks as applicable).* 5. Have your Aid-for-Trade priorities changed since 2019?
Yes
No
Unsure
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1 2 3
2030 Sustainable
Development Goals
Change of
government
Continental or
regional policy
instruments (e.g.
AfCFTA)
E-commerce
development (and
digital
transformation)
Economic
diversification
Environmental
sustainability (or
green) growth,
including circular
economy 
Expansion of
domestic services
sectors and/or trade
in services
External factors (e.g
changes in key
trading partners
policies)6. If yes, please identify the top drivers of change in your Aid-for-Trade priorities from the list
below:
(Please select no more than 5 options from the areas listed below).  
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impact of COVID-19
pandemic
Industrialization
objectives
Digital or ICT-related
strategy, policy or
plan
MSMEs growth and
development
objectives
Natural or other type
of disaster 
New investment
strategy, policy or
plan
New national
development
strategy, policy or
plan
New regional
development or
integration strategy,
policy or plan
New trade capacity
needs
Poverty reduction
objectives
Regional Trade
Agreements (RTAs)
Trade Facilitation
Agreement (TFA)
Implementation
Women's economic
empowerment
objectives
Youth economic
empowerment
objectives
Other (please
specify)1 2 3
Additional information on the top 5 drivers of change in your Aid-for-Trade priorities since 2019, including in relation to
the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on your economy.
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Additional information on the reasons why Aid for Trade may have become more, less, or remained equally important
to your institution than in the past.7. Has Aid for Trade become more or less important to your institution since 2019?
Yes
No
Same
Unsure
Add
itional information on how changes in your Aid-for-Trade priorities may have been reflected in your dialogue with
development partners.8. Have these changes been reflected in your dialogue with development partners?
Yes
No
Unsure
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- 16 -Additional information on the specific regional strategy, policy or plan for economic recovery post COVID-19
pandemic.  (Please provide weblinks as applicable).* 9. Do you have a specific regional strategy, policy or plan for economic recovery post COVID-19
pandemic?
Yes
No 
Unsure
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COVID-19 pandemic addresses any of the following areas
(You may tick more than one box) 
Agricultural sector, food production and supply chain
support
Building productive capacity
Digital connectivity and
transformation
E-commerce
Environmentally sustainable (or green) growth, including circular
economy
Job creation 
Industrial sector
support
MSME
support
Poverty reduction
objectives
Preparedness, recovery and
resilience
Services sector support (e.g.,
tourism)
Trade in health products (PPE, vaccines,
etc.)
Trade facilitation 
Trade
finance
Trade policy, modernization and
upgrading
Women's economic empowerment and gender
equality
Youth economic
empowerment
Other (please
specify) 
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11. Please provide names, titles, references or weblinks to policy documents relevant to Aid for
Trade in your region.
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This second section aims to assess how sustainable development approaches are being programmed into 
regional trade and development policies – and how Aid for Trade is supporting that process.
The section examines the opportunities and challenges presented by the transition to sustainable 
development and trade. The questions posed in this section seek to harvest insights on regional policy 
frameworks and perceptions about the economic and trade dimension of the move to sustainable 
development. Section two focuses on the environmental dimension of sustainable development.  
One particular issue highlighted is the interface between sustainable development and economic/export 
diversification. Economic diversification (by extension export diversification) and supply side capacity 
enhancement are core rationales for the Aid for Trade initiative. Questions in section 2 also examine to the 
role that Aid for Trade can play in supporting developing countries' efforts to achieve their sustainable trade 
objectives and further progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
More information on the interaction between the environmental dimension of sustainable development and 
trade is presented in the Joint Communication by the WTO and OECD Secretariat titled "Sustainable, 
Trade, Circular Economy and Aid for Trade – An Issues Paper for the 2020-2022 Monitoring and 
Evaluation Exercise". Click here to view document. 
Another dimension explored is the interface between digital connectivity and sustainable development. The 
data generated by a growing array of digital devices can play a powerful role in informing policy making 
and the transition to sustainable development. In many developing countries though the digital divide 
means that this data is not collected, let alone analysed or used to inform policy making. In this context, 
this section asks respondents to provide information on the role that digital connectivity plays in their 
regional sustainable development plans and what more could be done to support that process.
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Additional information on how sustainable development is reflected in your regional policy document(s), plan(s)or
strategy(ies). (Please provide weblinks as applicable).* 12. Is the environmental dimension of sustainable development reflected in your regional policy 
document(s), plan(s) or strategy(ies) ?
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information on the Regional strategy(ies), policy(ies) or plan(s) in which sustainable development is
reflected.13. If yes, please indicate in which of your regional strategy(ies), policy(ies) or plan(s) sustainable 
development is reflected .
(You may tick more than 1 box) .
Regional development strategy, policy or plan
Regional trade development strategy, policy or  plan
Regional export strategy, policy or plan
Regional environmentally sustainable economy strategy (or green growth), policy or  plan
Regional environmentally sustainable growth strategy, policy or  plan
Regional sustainable trade strategy, policy or  plan
Regional strategy, policy or plan for circular economy/sustainable consumption and production patterns
Regional strategy, policy or plan for COVID-19  recovery
Other, (please  specify)
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Additional information on the environment-specific goals and approaches such as financing, sharing of know-how,
technology transfer (including sharing of know-how), promotion of value chain integration targeted by your Regional
development strategy, policy or plan.14. Does your Regional development strategy, policy or plan explicitly target any of the following
environment-specific goals?
(You may tick more than one box). 
Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG  7)
Sustainable Production and Consumption (SDG 12)
Climate Action (SDG  13)
Life Below Water (SDG  14)
Life on Land (SDG  15)
Other (please  specify)
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- 24 -Additional information on the trade objectives found in your regional development strategy policy, or plan that includes
sustainable development. (Please provide weblinks as applicable).* 15. Does your regional sustainable development strategy, policy, or plan include trade objectives?
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information on how the environmental dimension sustainable development is reflected in your regional 
policy document(s), plan(s)or strategy(ies). (Please provide weblinks as applicable).16. If yes, do the trade objectives address the environmental dimension of sustainable
development?
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information on how your institutions coordinates with ministries of trade or agencies dealing with trade-
related affairs on sustainable development.* 17. Does your institution have a dedicated committee (or has a coordination or dialogues with
ministries of trade and agencies dealing with trade-related affairs) on sustainable development?
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information on how the committee addresses the environmental dimension of sustainable development.18. If yes, does that committee address the environmental dimension of sustainable development?
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information on the economic sector(s) that would gain the most in terms of economic and export
diversification as a result of the move to sustainable development.19. Please identify the economic sector(s) that would gain the most in terms of economic and
export diversification as a result of the move to sustainable development?
(You may tick more than 1 box) 
Agriculture
Fisheries
Forestry
Mining
Industry
Services
Other, (please
specify)
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- 29 -Additional information on the sector(s) that may face the biggest challenge from the move to sustainable
development.20. Please identify the sector(s) of your economy that may face the biggest challenge from the 
move to sustainable development.
(You may tick more than 1 box) . 
Agriculture
Fisheries
Forestry
Mining
Industry
Services
Other, (please
specify)
21. In your view, what challenges constitute the main obstacles to the transition towards 
sustainable development in your region?
(You may tick more than 1 box) . 
Access to
finance
Business
climate
Dependence on a narrow basket of goods and
services
Domestic political challenges (e.g., security and
stability)
Economic impact of the COVID-19
pandemic
Existing energy and power generation
infrastructure
Existing transport infrastructure
Gender
inequality
High concentration of economic activity in the informal
sector
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- 30 -Additional information on the challenges most likely to constitute obstacles towards sustainable trade, sustainable
consumption and production patterns (i.e., circular economy) in your region. (Please provide examples as
applicable).High trade
costs
Lack of technology and innovation enabling
environment
Lack of technology transfer (including sharing of know-
how)
Lack of data to support decision-
making
Lack of human resource
capability
Lack of political
will
Limited agricultural processing capacity
Limited economic and export
diversification
Low productivity of agricultural
sector
Low productive capacity in
manufacturing
Slow, expensive or insufficient digital
connectivity
Social pressures (poverty, population
growth)
Other (please
specify)
22. Please highlight the main challenges that Aid for Trade should address to support a transition 
to sustainable development in your region?
(You may tick more than 1 box) .
Access to
finance
Business
climate
Dependence on a narrow basket of goods and
services
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development. (Please provide examples as applicable).Domestic political challenges (e.g., security and
stability)
Economic impact of the COVID-19
pandemic
Existing energy and power generation
infrastructure
Existing transport infrastructure
Gender
inequality
High concentration of economic activity in the informal
sector
High trade
costs
Lack of technology and innovation enabling
environment
Lack of technology transfer (including sharing of know-
how)
Lack of data to support decision-
making
Lack of human resource
capability
Lack of political
will
Limited agricultural processing capacity
Limited economic and export
diversification
Low productivity of agricultural
sector
Low productive capacity in
manufacturing
Slow, expensive or insufficient digital
connectivity
Social pressures (poverty, population
growth)
Other (please
specify)
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Additional information on your circular economy strategy, policy, plan. (Please provide weblinks as applicable).* 23. Do you have a circular economy strategy, policy, plan or objective s?
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information on the economic sectors covered by the circular economy strategy, policy, or plan. (Please
provide weblinks as applicable).24. If yes, which economic sectors does the circular economy strategy, policy, plan or objectives
cover?
(You may tick more than one box). 
Agriculture
Fisheries
Forestry
Mining
Industry
Services
Other, (please
specify)
Additional information on the trade objectives included in the circular economy strategy policy, or plan. (Please
provide weblinks as applicable).25. If yes, does the circular economy strategy, policy, plan or objectives include trade goals?
Yes
No
Unsure
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26. Is digital connectivity reflected as a priority in your regional sustainable development
strategy(ies), policy(ies), or plan(s)?
Yes
No
Additional information on your regional policy documents for digital connectivity. (Please include weblinks of the
source used).Additional information on how digital connectivity is reflected in your regional  sustainable development strategy(ies), 
policy(ies) or plan(s).
* 27. Do you have a regional strategy, policy or plan for digital connectivity (including digital 
economy, e-commerce, etc.)?
Yes
No
Unsure
Unsure
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and the circular economy. (Please include weblinks of the source used).28. In which sectors could digital connectivity best support the transition to sustainable 
development in your region?
(You may tick more than one box) .
Agriculture
Fisheries
Forestry
Mining
Industry
Services
Other, (please
specify)
Additional information on the issues where digital connectivity that would offer most promise in the move to
sustainable development.29. Please identify which issues where digital connectivity would offer most promise in the move to
sustainable development in your region?
(You may tick more than 1 box) 
Digital contents
E-civil
service
E-commerce
E-
government
E-healthcare
E-learningE-logistics
Home energy
management
Innovation and technology for
gender equality
Real-time navigation
Smart-energy
grids
Smart
motorsSmart
work
Telepresence
Transport information
systems
Other (please
specify)
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environmentally sustainable growth or circular economy that you want to showcase as an example of best practice.
(Please provide weblinks as applicable).30. Is there an existing Aid-for-Trade project for digital connectivity towards sustainable
development and/or environmentally sustainable growth (or circular economy) that you want to
showcase as an example of best practice?
Yes
No
Unsure
Additional information on the impact of the pandemic on the uptake of the digital economy.31. Do you agree that the COVID-19 pandemic has acted as an accelerator for the move to digital
economy in your region ?
Yes
No
Unsure
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- 39 -Additional information on the areas in which your country is facing its most significant challenges in relation to digital
connectivity. (Please provide weblinks as applicable).32. In which areas has the COVID-19 pandemic exposed shortcomings in regional digital
connectivity?
(You may tick more than one box). 
Digital gender
divide
Digital payment issues
Inadequate network infrastructure including broadband
capacity
Insufficient or uneven
coverage
Lack of access to trade
finance
Regional digital connectivity strategy needs to be
developed/updated
Regional e-commerce development strategy needs to be
developed/updated
Poor access to internet
services 
Poor digital skills and IT
literacy
Rules relating to e-commerce need
updating
Slow, expensive or unreliable internet
services
Trade facilitation and logistics
issues
Other (please
specify)
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Additional information on the sectors in which you think future Aid-for-Trade support should focus so as to support
sustainable development objectives.33. Looking ahead, in which sectors do you think future Aid-for-Trade support to your region
should focus so as to support sustainable development objectives?
(You may tick more than one box) 
Agriculture
Fisheries
Forestry
Mining
Industry
Services
Other, (please
specify)
34. Looking ahead, in which categories of Aid for Trade do you think support should be focused so 
as to advance the environmental dimension of sustainable development?
(You may tick more than 1 box) . 
(a) Trade policy and regulations (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and 
their impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute 
issues, institutional and technical support to facilitate implementation of trade agreements and to adapt to and 
comply with rules and standards)
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- 41 -Additional information on the categories of Aid for Trade in which you think support should be focused so as to
advance sustainable development.Trade policy and administrative
management
Trade
facilitation
Regional trade agreements
(RTAs)
Multilateral trade
negotiations
Trade education/training
(b) Trade development  (Including investment promotion, analysis and institutional support for trade in
services, business support services and institutions, public-private sector networking, e-commerce, trade
finance, trade promotion, market analysis and development)
(c) Trade-related infrastructure  (Including physical
infrastructure)
Transport and storage
infrastructure
Communications
infrastructure
Energy supply and generation infrastructure
(d) Building productive
capacity
Business and other
services
Banking and financial services
Building productive capacity
Agriculture
Forestry
Fishing
Industry
Mineral resources and
mining
Travel and
tourism
Trade related adjustment  (Including supporting developing countries to put in place accompanying
measures that assist them to benefit from liberalized trade)
Other trade related
needs
Unsure
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 for the environmental 35. Which donor(s) are the most important for Aid-for-Trade financing 
dimension of sustainable development in your region?
(You may tick more than 1 box) .
DAC COUNTRIES 
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic 
Denmark 
European
Union
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
KoreaSlovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
OTHER
BILATERAL
AzerbaijanEstonia
Kazakhsta n
Kuwait (KFAED)
Lithuania
Romania
Turkey
United Arab Emirates 
MULTILATERAL/REGIONAL 
African Development Bank
(AfDB)Climate Investment Funds
(CIF)
Enhanced Integrated
Framework (EIF)
EU
Institutions
Food and Agricultural
Organization of the UN (FAO)
Global Environment Facility
(GEF)
Inter-America Development
Bank (IDB)
International Fund for
Agricultural Development
(IFAD)
International Labour Office
(ILO)
International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
Islamic Development Bank
(IsDB)
International Trade Centre
(ITC)
OPEC Fund for International
Development (OFID)
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- 44 -Additional information on the donor(s) that are the most importance source of Aid-for-Trade financing for sustainable
trade or development in your region.Luxembourg
The
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
PortugalAsian Infrastructure Investment
Bank (AIIB)
Arab Fund
(AFESD)
Asian Development Bank
(AsDB)
Arab Bank for Economic
Development in Africa
(BADEA)
Caribbean Development Bank
(CDB)
Council of Europe
Development Bank (CEB)New  Development
Bank
Silk Road
Fund
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe
(UNECE)
UN Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (UNESCAP)
UN Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia
(UNESCWA)
UN Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
World
Bank
World Trade Organization
(WTO)
Other (please
specify)
NB. This list of aid-for-trade providers is sourced from the OECD-DAC/CRS aid activity database. 
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 45 -Additional information on the South-South partner(s) that are important sources of financing for sustainable trade or
development and any examples of projects/programmes that you would like to showcase Aid-for-Trade financing for the 36. Which South-South partner(s) are the most important source of 
environmental dimension of sustainable development?
(You may tick more than 1 box) .
Algeria
Argentina
Bahrain
Brazil
Chile*
China
Cuba
Egypt
India
IndonesiaIsrael*
Iran
Lybia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mexico*
Nigeria
Pakistan
South AfricaSouth
Korea*
Chinese Taipei
Qatar
Singapore
Thailand
Turkey
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela
Other (please 
specify)
NB. This list is sourced from the United Nations for Development Cooperation. Various of those South-South partners
listed with an asterisk are OECD Member States, appear on the OECD DAC list and/or report to the OECD CRS. 
Additional information on the Aid-for-Trade financing that you have received as part of triangular co-operation
projects.37. Have you received Aid-for-Trade financing as part of triangular co-operation projects?
Yes
No
Unsure
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- 46 -NB. The United Nations' working definition for triangular cooperation is Southern-driven partnerships between two or
more developing countries, supported by a developed country(ies) or multilateral organization(s) to implement
development cooperation programmes and projects. 
38. Is there an Aid-for-Trade project or programme for sustainable trade or development, green
growth or circular economy that you want to showcase as an example of best practice?
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SECTION 2: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE
Additional information on whether you implement policies that address the environmental dimension of sustainable
development while also supporting progress on gender equality /women empowerment. You may also provide
information on your intention to draft such policies in the future. (Please include weblinks as applicable).39. Do you implement policies that address the environmental dimension of sustainable
development and that also support progress on gender equality and/or women’s economic
empowerment?
Yes
No
Unsure
Additional information on the Aid-for-Trade projects which combine the twin objectives of women's economic
em
powerment and environmental environmentally sustainable development. Please indicate the number of projects,
the sector concerned (agriculture, fisheries, sustainable tourism, circular economy, etc.). (Please include weblinks as
applicable).40. Do you implement Aid-for-Trade projects that combine the objectives of women's economic
empowerment and environmentally sustainable development?
Yes
No
Unsure
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- 48 -41. Any other information you wish to share? (e.g., where support for sustainable trade or
development is needed).
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 49 -This section examines the mainstreaming of women's economic empowerment into regional trade
and development policies.
Goal 5 of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls. This objective can also be found in the 2006 Task Force on Aid for Trade
(WT/AFT/1) which, in its guiding principles of operationalization, call for Aid for Trade to "be rendered in a
coherent manner taking full account, inter alia, of the gender perspective and of the overall goal of
sustainable development".
Section 3 requests respondents to discuss their regional policies for women's economic empowerment and
how these interact with the other sustainable development goals in relation to trade, digital connectivity and
gender equality, and how these can be supported by Aid for Trade.
2022 Aid for Trade - Regional Economic Community and
Transport Corridor Questionnaire
SECTION 3: REGIONAL POLICIES FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
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SECTION 3: REGIONAL POLICIES FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Additional information on how women's economic empowerment is included as an objective in your regional policy
documents.* 42. Is women's economic empowerment included as an objective in any of your regional
strategy(ies), policy(ies) or plan(s)?
Yes
No
Unsure
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SECTION 3: REGIONAL POLICIES FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Additional information on the strategy(ies), policy(ies) or plan(s) that include women's economic. (Please include
weblinks as applicable).43. If yes, please indicate the strategy, policy, or plan in which women's economic empowerment is
included:
(You may tick more than one box) 
Regional development strategy, policy or plan
Regional export strategy, policy or plan
Regional gender equality, strategy or
plan
Regional trade development strategy, policy or
plan
Women's economic empowerment's strategy, policy or
plan
Aid-for-Trade strategy, policy or plan
Other (please
specify)
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 52 -Additional information on how the strategy(ies), policy(ies) or plan(s) that you have identify seek to ensure non-
discrimination with respect to conditions of employment or occupation. (Please include weblinks as applicable).44. Do the strategy(ies), policy(ies) or plan(s) that you have identified seek to ensure non-
discrimination with respect to conditions of employment or occupation (including through the
provision of flexible work arrangements)?
Yes
No
Unsure
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SECTION 3: REGIONAL POLICIES FOR WOMEN´S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 
Additional information on the data on women's economic empowerment that your government collects. (Please
include weblinks as applicable).45. Does your region or transport corridor collect data on women's economic empowerment in
relation to trade and development?
Yes
No
Unsure
46. In your view, what trade and development constraints do women face in your region?
(
You may tick more than one box) 
Difficulties accessing financial
services
Difficult working
conditions
Discriminatory
practices
Difficulties in meeting regulatory and procedural
requirements
Exclusion from male-dominated distribution
networks
Gender pay
gap
Harassment, security and safety
issues
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 54 -Additional information on the trade and development constrains faced by women in your region.High trade
barriers
Lack of access to digital
services
Lack of access to redress
options
Informal employment 
Occupational
segregation
Poor access to
information 
Poor access to professional bodies (e.g., chambers of
commerce)
Restricted access to
markets 
Seasonal
employment
Smaller sized
business
Time and mobility
constraints
Unpaid and domestic
work
Unpaid
employment
Other (please
specify)
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 55 -Additional information on the role that Aid for Trade can play in addressing these constraints.47. Can Aid for Trade play a role in addressing these constraints?
Yes
No
Unsure
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
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Transport Corridor Questionnaire
SECTION 3: REGIONAL POLICIES FOR WOMEN´S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Additional information on whether you have requested Aid for Trade to finance projects for women's economic
empowerment in 2015-2020, including reasons as to why or why not.48. Have you requested Aid for Trade to finance projects for women's economic empowerment in
your region during the period 2015-2020?
Yes
No
Unsure
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- 58 -49. If yes, please provide further information on the donors, South-South or triangular 
cooperation partners that have supported your regional Aid-for-Trade programmes on women's 
economic empowerment.
Number of total
projects implemented
in the period 2015-
2020
Duration in years (1, 2
or more than 3)
Percentage of projects
that included women's
economic
empowerment as their
sole/main objective
(please include the %
sign in your response)
Percentage of projects
that also included other
objectives (please
specify which in the
box below and include
the % sign in your
response)
Additional information
on the donors, South-
South and triangular
cooperation partners
that have supported
your Aid-for-Trade
programmes on
women's economic
empowerment. You
many list other
objectives of the
projects where
women’s economic
empowerment was not
the sole/main focus
and provide additional
information on the
partners with which
you have worked.
(Please include
weblinks as
applicable).
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- 60 -Additional information on the areas that the Aid-for-Trade projects for women's economic empowerment sought to
address. Please describe your project(s) in no more than 300 words per box. (You may include references and
weblinks and add information on results achieved as applicable, i.e. figures, case stories).50. Please specify the areas that your Aid-for-Trade projects for women's economic empowerment
sought to address.
(You may tick more than one box). 
Developing training
programmes
Developing access to trade-related
infrastructure
Capacity-strengthening
initiatives
Increasing women's participation in services
sectors
Facilitating access to digital technologies and e-commerce
platforms
Facilitating access to trade
finance
Facilitating access to trade-related
information
Facilitating women's traders' inclusions in Global Value Chains
(GVC)
Facilitating women traders' inclusion in regional
trade
Gender sensitive awareness initiatives for trade stakeholders (e.g., border officials regarding safety
issues)
Supporting women
entrepreneurship
Supporting women-owned/led MSMEs to
export
Supporting women’s representation in trade policy and design of trade/Aid-for-Trade
initiatives
Other (please
specify)
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 61 -Additional information on the public-private partnerships used to achieve your Aid-for-Trade objectives in relation to
women’s economic empowerment. Please include reasons as to why or why not. Kindly provide a list of your private
sector partners, the number of projects run, and the sectors concerned. You may also describe each project and their
impacts in no more than 300 words per project. (Please provide weblinks as applicable).51. Have you used public-private partnerships to achieve your Aid-for-Trade objectives in relation
to women’s economic empowerment?
Yes
No
Unsure
Additional information on how Aid for Trade helps to mobilize funds for women's economic empowerment, including
th
e reasons as to why or why not.52. Does Aid for Trade help to mobilize funds for women's economic empowerment?
Yes
No
Unsure
Additional information on how your Aid-for-Trade projects involving women’s economic empowerment are
un
derpinned by a monitoring and evaluation/ results framework.53. Are your Aid-for-Trade projects involving women’s economic empowerment underpinned by a
monitoring and evaluation/ results framework?
Yes
No
Unsure
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 62 -Additional information on how the Aid-for-Trade support for women's economic empowerment you receive aligns with
your trade priorities and objectives.54. Does the Aid-for-Trade support for women's economic empowerment that you receive align
with your trade priorities and objectives?
Yes
No
Unsure
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Transport Corridor Questionnaire
SECTION 3: REGIONAL POLICIES FOR WOMEN´S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Additional information on the particular difficulties faced by women in accessing digital technology in your region,
including your data sources. (Please provide information in no more than 300 words including references and
weblinks).55. Do women face particular difficulties in accessing digital technologies in your region?
Yes
No
Unsure
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 64 -Additional information on the top 5 barriers preventing women from accessing digital technology in your region.
(Please provide information in no more than 300 words including references and weblinks).56. Please identify the top 5 barriers that prevent women from accessing digital technology in your
region.
(You may tick a maximum of 5 boxes). 
Difficulty obtaining proof of identification necessary to access internet
services
High cost of device (e.g., mobile
phone)
High usage
costs
Inadequate electricity
infrastructure 
Inadequate network infrastructure
Lack of access to public facilities where the internet is
available
Lack of awareness of opportunities offered by digital
technologies
Limited internet
connectivity
Poor IT literacy and/or
skills
Privacy, safety and harassment
concerns
Other (please
specify)
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SECTION 3: REGIONAL POLICIES FOR WOMEN´S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Additional information on the sectors in which future support for women's economic empowerment should be
focussed.57. Looking ahead, in which trade sectors do you think future support for women's economic
empowerment should be focused.
(You may tick more than one box) 
Agriculture
Fisheries
Forestry
Mining
Industry
Services
Other, (please
specify)
58. Looking ahead, in which Aid-for-Trade categories do you think future support for women's 
economic empowerment should be focussed?
(You may tick more than 1 box) .
(a) Trade policy and regulations (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and
their impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute
issues, institutional and technical support to facilitate implementation of trade agreements and to adapt to and
comply with rules and standards)
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/88/Add.2 
- 66 - Additional information on the Aid-for-Trade categories in which you think future support for women's economic
empowerment should be focussed.Trade policy and administrative
management
Trade
facilitation
Regional trade agreements
(RTAs)
Multilateral trade
negotiations
Trade education/training
(b) Trade development  (Including investment promotion, analysis and institutional support for trade in
services, business support services and institutions, public-private sector networking, e-commerce, trade
finance, trade promotion, market analysis and development)
(c) Trade-related infrastructure  (Including physical
infrastructure)
Transport and storage
infrastructure
Communications
infrastructure
Energy supply and generation infrastructure
(d) Building productive
capacity
Business and other
services
Banking and financial services
Building productive capacity
Agriculture
Forestry
Fishing
Industry
Mineral resources and
mining
Travel and
tourism
Trade related adjustment  (Including supporting developing countries to put in place accompanying
measures that assist them to benefit from liberalized trade)
Other trade related
needs
Unsure
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- 67 -59. You may use the box below to elaborate on how you think that Aid for Trade can advance
women's economic empowerment.
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